Just goes to show you that even I can take time now to play around on this msn space thingie.  So I am back from the dead and trying to see if this place has enough calamari for everybody else once I get through with it.  Tis a beautiful place and it is a good thing to be able to spend more time with my family (as my daughter climbs all over this while I'm typing this lol!) 

 

I guess I will give this a whirl to see if this works or not....

Choose your favourite band/artist : Travis Tritt         1. Are you male or female: I'm All The Man 2. Describe yourself: You Can't Count Me Out Yet 3. How do some people feel about you: Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof 4. How do you feel about yourself: Rough Around The Edges 5. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) 6. Describe current boyfriend/girlfriend: God Must Be A Woman 7. Describe where you want to be: When In Rome 8. Describe how you live: Tell Me I Was Dreamin' 9.  Describe where you live: Where Corn Don't Grow 10. Describe how you love: More Than You'll Ever Know 11. What would you ask for if you had just one wish: I Wish I Could Go Back Home 12. Share a few words of Wisdom: It's A Great Day To Be Alive 13. Now say goodbye: Start The Car     For those who want to do this on their own:   What you have to do is answer all the questions with the SONG TITLES of the BAND or ARTIST   1. Choose your favourite band/artist that nobody has chosen yet. 2.  Answer ONLY using their songs.   Choose your favourite band/artist : 1. Are you male or female: 2. Describe yourself: 3. How do some people feel about you: 4. How do you feel about yourself: 5. Describe your ex boyfriend / girlfriend: 6. Describe current boyfriend / girlfriend: 7. Describe where you want to be: Riding in a ... 8. Describe how you live: 9.  Describe where you live: 10. Describe how you love: 11. What would you ask for if you had just one wish: 12. Share a few words of Wisdom: 13. Now say goodbye:

When the manager for Hooters walks into the office and asks us to set up a table for there Veteran's Day party what could we say?  Bring on the wings!!! So we went and ate and ate and took pictures and handed out navy gear because we could.  So it was a pretty good Veteran's Day.  And if you get a chance thank a veteran or someone who is still serving.  They will appreciate it.

I figured it was time I told my side of the story about the Navy Award Ball.  So, my story, I was not drunk, not even a little bit...I was fucking PLASTERED!!!  LOL.  Between getting lit at the ball and then wandering around Bricktown in OKC and finally winding up at Toby Keith's Bar (and dagnabit the man wasn't there!!)  So I endeavored to see if there was a bottom to the well.  Never did find it, but had fun trying.  Stumbled back to the hotel room, past 4 cop cars, and made my way to the room.  Then visited the porcelain god.  Thank god he takes offerings.  Woke up with no hangover and thats my story and I'm sticking to it.  Yup, it was real drunk out that night.

9 out of 10...9 OUT OF TEN!!! That's how many times the Eagles had the Cowboys number.  But not today, baby!!!  Right out of the box, the Cowboys started swinging knockout punches.  Bledsoe lights up the scoreboard with TD's to Glenn twice.  Polite, a damn fullback even gets in a TD.  The defense rocked rolled and sacked like no other!  Not one sack, but 4!!  The rookie Demarcus Ware sacks McNabb first, then its all over but the funeral.  Now to give McNabb a little slack, he is playing with a sports hernia, so every move is pain.  My hat's off to him for even playing the game!  The rookie Tyson Thompson rushes for 75 yards after Julius Jones is pulled due to a leg injury but if this kid is going to replace him, I'LL TAKE HIM!!!  Of course there was a little disarray with the Cowboys between Bledsoe and Keyshawn but oh well, when it came down they both helped win the day!!  And Bledsoe, the guy the Bills said was washed up, well if that is washed up, then I would hate to see brand new!!  Everyone said that they should not be able to win this game, that the Eagles had too much offense and defense, but when it came right down it, The Cowboys still won.  Just my little rant, but no matter what, W-I-N!!! I would talk about the Niners but there is so much pain there I'm sure for my little bro that I won't bring it up!!!

Well it's that time of the year again...Birthdays ...lol but oh well.  I am now officially 31 by human age standards but will always be 30 lol cuz I ain't aging anymore.  To all who have sent posts or put blogs up in their spaces thank you very very much.  To mom, thanks for the blog and the song, it was great!!! To Lil bro, thanks for the card, I really appreciate it and I look forward to giving you hell on your birthday too!!! lol.  To my wifey, thank you for everything sweetie from the bottom of my heart!!! Wuvel you lots!!! And to kenzie wenzie enzie kid, daddy loves the fact that you posted a comment (we all know mommy helped but its ok, I know you meant every word)....wuvel you lots too!!!

You know I was relaxing on a drive back from an interview today listening to music, more specifically listening to Andrea Bocelli an italian singer, and a thought came to me.  Normally, I do my best thinking on the toilet but this time it was one of those car moments.  I thought about singing and I mean real singing not the nonsense that normally comes out of the radio these days.  What happened to that?  I mean, here I am listening to a man singing in Italian, I do not really have a clue what he's singing except for a few words here and there, and I am struck by the power and emotion of his voice.  There is power in music but these days people mistake that for meaning louder horns or synthesizer beats or whatever.  Country music while it does have people that have good voices has not had a powerful emotion driven singer since Collin Raye. The only one who comes close in country now is Martina McBride.  And pop music?  The late 80s with Michael Bolton to name just one singer that stirred feelings in your heart.  We won't even discuss hip-hop, rap, or alternative/grunge music.  These all have a place as music of a kind, but when is the last time we heard someone sing something and said "I have no idea what this person is singing about but I can feel the emotion of that song and voice?"  The answer is a long time ago.  I used to sing consistently, I would sing for hours, when I was in high school my talents taking  me to state-wide competitions yearly.  But even I didn't really realize till I heard this man sing that music, the kind of music that really means something, isn't dead.  It is just dead in America.   It is more important to have a song with a good beat or that tells a cool story than to have a simple song sung by someone who has a voice that can make you cry, laugh, smile, get angry, etc.  Maybe I'm wrong, if so mark it down because it is a first, but when you have to listen to another countries artist sing a song you don't understand to realize that singing of that kind isn't extinct then I say that there is definetly something wrong with the way we look at music today. 

I'm sitting here watching football today and enjoying time with my daughter while Eija gets some much needed rest.  I help her potty train and cuddle with her and pull weeble wobbles out of my vacuum cleaner , but it isn't until Kenzie comes up to me with this little bottle of bubbles.  So being the good daddy, I open it up and we spend the next hour blowing bubbles, with her climbing into my lap to catch them and then down on the ground cuz daddy's lap aint working, and we just laugh and laugh.  So for that, for all the wierd junk I've dealt with in life, for all the pain that I've had to go through, this moment alone more than makes up for it.  So to who ever is responsible,  I'm grateful.  (Though I tend to think Kenzie is responsible and I ain't telling her that...YET )

I got up like I get up every Sunday morning, to watch football.  It was a great day, watching Oakland play hard against the Eagles, the Falcons play and win against the Bills.  BUT THEN!! Its Cowboys time.  Its Cowboys-Niners all over again.  Forget what the critics and news ppl say, its ON once more.  And to make it even better the Niners are whom my little brother loves and roots for.  So the chance to win twice is always cool.  First couple plays, relaxing Julius is running, Bledsoe is throwing to Whitten.  Its All Good!  Then, the Niners Score.  Then the Niners Score Again.  Then the Cowboys come back and score.  Then the Niners get an interception and score.  Now by this time I've been on my way to work and I'm of course cussing at the radio as I listen to it!  Goes to halftime 24-12.  I'm ranting, raving and of course getting my guys ready to ship out.  Easy stress really.  Third quarter, Cowboys come back.  Its 24-19.  Then Parcells,  that dumbass, yankee, god I hope he never leaves coach.  We go for it on 4th and 1 and DONT MAKE IT!! First off if you have as big a line as we have, just lean into the line and make the damn yard!!!!!  But I digress, The Niners Score again.  31-19.  Cowboys come back once more.  31-26.  Its all good if only the defense can hold the damn line!!! Three and out.  Yes.  Now the Cowboys, Three and out.  NO!!! One more time again.  Three and out.  YES!!  Now the Cowboys, they go down to the Niners goal line and they score!!!!  34-31.  Now all they have to do is hold the line and its over.  And of course Dat Nguyen, the veteran, the college Butkis winner, the biggest little man in the NFL, makes it happen.  Its his 30th birthday today btw (HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAT!!!!)  2nd Interception of the day for the team that he comes down with.  He had a fumble and an Interception today.  So....Rally? We don't need no stinking rally!!!! Hey lil bro...how bout them Niners??

Why is it that People only bug my blog whenever I don't have time to check it? LOL Just kidding.  Hi all new faces and sundry.  I check this thing when i can and add crap when i feel like it, so dont feel bad if there is not a post every once in a while.  Once I'm in Italy I'm sure that that will change.

Why is it that someone can play an instrument beautifully but cant sing a note to save their own life? Why is it that ice cream only seems to melt when your wearing your favorite clothes? Why is it that a child only has a poopie diaper when she decides she wants to get held?  Why is it that I'm writing why is it that...hell if i know.